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My previous essay, The Narrow-Minded Rules of The Photo Police, may have given the impression that because I do not endorse the rules of the photo police I do not teach anything to my students. Let me correct this impression.  Just because I do not teach the narrow-minded rules of the photo police does not mean I do not teach anything.  In fact, it means the opposite.  The first thing I teach is ‘do not follow the ridiculously narrow-minded rules of the photo police.’ The second thing I teach is that we do not have to follow these rules to be successful.  The third thing I teach is that the photo-police is a bunch of photographers out of touch wit...

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Alain Briot creates fine art photographs, teaches workshops and offers DVD tutorials on composition, raw conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. Alain is the author of Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition and Marketing Fine Art Photography. All 3 books are available from Alain’s website as well as from most bookstores. You can find more information about Alain's work, writings and tutorials as well as subscribe to Alain’s Free Monthly Newsletter on his <a href="http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/">website</a>. You will receive over 40 essays in PDF format, including chapters from Alain’s books, when you subscribe.
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